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Italian vs Khmer


Khmer vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
21   
3
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
20   
17

How Many Consonants
16   
6
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Khmer   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
ND   

Thank You
grazie   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
buonanotte   
ND   

Good Evening
buonasera   
ND   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
ND   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
ND   

Please
Per Favore   
ND   

Sorry
scusate   
ND   

Bye
arrivederci   
ND   

I Love You
Ti amo   
ND   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Northern Khmer   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

Native Name
Italiano   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
italien   
khmer central   

German Name
Italienisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
960 BC   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
27   
23
Not Available   

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
khm   

ISO 639 3
ita   
khm   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Italian and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Khmer language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Italian and Khmer Language History.

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Italian and Khmer Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Italian and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Khmer language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Khmer Difficulty

The Italian vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Khmer Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Italian and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.

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